Beethoven and the blues
March 22, 2025, 7:30 pm, Dick Van Dyke Auditorium (DHS)
Featuring harmonica virtuoso and composer, Corky Siegel, who will perform Symphonic Blues No. 6, his “brilliant masterpiece that exudes Siegel’s genius” (Living Blues). The Danville Symphony Orchestra will also perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 and Jessie Montgomery’s Starburst.
Join us for a preconcert conversation with Corky Siegel!
Saturday, March 22nd from 6:00-6:45 pm in the Dick Van Dyke Auditorium (DHS)
2024-2025 Season
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Performances take place at the Dick Van Dyke Auditorium at Danville High School.
Earth, Wind, Water, Fire
7:30 pm, Sat., Sept. 21, 2024
Stravinsky, The Firebird (FIRE); Thomson, The Plow that Broke the Plains (EARTH); Ethel Smyth, Overture to the Wreckers (WATER) Mozart Concerto for Clarinet (WIND), Trevor O'Riordan, clarinet
Christmas at the Movies
2:00 pm, Sun., Dec. 8, 2024
featuring The Snowman & The Polar Express plus other movie & holiday melodies
Beethoven and the Blues
7:30 pm, Sat., Mar. 22, 2025
Beethoven Symphony No. 7; Jessie Montgomery, Starburst; Corky Siegel, harmonica, Symphonic Blues No. 6
Add-on performances (not included in season ticket price):
Halloween Spooktacular
“Side-By-Side” with the Danville High School Orchestra:
7:00 pm. Sat., Oct., 26, 2024 — Dick Van Dyke Auditorium (DHS)
Music of the Heavens
7:30 pm, Fri., May 9, 2025 — St. James United Methodist Church (note: not DVD/DHS)
Featuring selections from sacred music across time and space, including Copland, Variations on a Shaker Melody; Pärt, Silouan’s Song; Respighi, Trittico Botticelliano; Mascagni, Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana; Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”
*Individual selections subject to change.
The Danville Symphony Orchestra is supported in part by:
The Danville Symphony Orchestra Foundation
The Allen L. Dougherty Guest Artist Fund
The Illinois Arts Council Agency
And friends like you!
